Luggage carrier



v 1,1931. w. A. BRYANT 1,834,825

LUGGAGE "CARRIERv Filed May 15. 1930 In/vanto@ Wi an? Patented Dec. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM A. BRYANT, 0F MIAMI, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR T0 NEW WAY LUGGAGE CAR- RIER CO., 0F MIAMI, FLORIDA, A CORPORATION OF FLORIDA LUGGAGE CARRIER Application led May 13,

This invention aims to provide a luggage carrier for the running-boards of vehicles, so constructed that one of its members can be used as a step plate, as a. barrier for preventing kan article from sliding off the running-board, or as a clamp for holding an article on the running-board and against the vehicle body, at the will of an operator. A further object of the invention is so to construct the device that there will be no denting of the running-board, when'the barrier is in a vertical position, the barrier being held securely in that position. A further object of the invention is to supply novel means for holding the barrier in adjusted positions with respect to the running board and to the article which is to be retained thereon. f

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the dev,tails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation with parts in section;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical section showing the stop mechanism;

Figure 4 is a front elevation wherein parts are broken away;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 1. v

The numeral 1 marksthe running-board of a motor vehicle, and 2 the body of the vehicle. Hinge strips 3 are disposed transversely of the running board, on top thereof, and are secured to the running-board by bolts 23 or otherwise.

At the edge of the running-board 1, the hinge strips 3 have tubular bearings 4 and 5 193e.y serial No. 452,013.

= wing 10 is disposed vertically, as in Figure 2, 1t serves asa barrier preventing anr article 29' `from sliding oii' the running board. Moreover, the wing 10 may be swung inthe v direction of the arrow A in Figure 2 to assume various angles, and to'clamp an article in the kangle defined by the running board 1 and the body 2, an observation which will be made more clearly manifest as the descriptionproceeds.

-Hinge strips 11 and 12 extend transversely of the Wing 10, near to the ends of the wing, and are secured at 30 to the wing. At its inner end, the strip 11 has an eye 14, 'the' strip 12 having a corresponding eye 15. The eye 14 has a lateral collar 16 provided with teeth 17 adapted to cooperate with the teeth 9 of the'bearing 5. The parts 9 and 17 constituteA interengaging elements for holding the wing 10 at adjusted angles with respect Y to the running board 1.

A shaft 18 is secured inthe eyes 14 and v15. The shaft or hinge pintle 18 can' rotate and slide longitudinally in the bearings 4 and 5.

f A compression spring 19 surrounds the shaft 18 and abuts against the eye' 15 and the adjacent bearing 4to hold the ratchet tth 9 and'17 releasably interengaged.

lAdjacent to the shaft 18, the wing 10 has aninwardly extended iiange 20 adapted to engage the abut-ments 8 to hold the wing 10 ina vertical position, as in Figure 3, By providing the parts 20-8 of Figure'3, the edge of the running board 1 is not dented, and a positive abutment is yprovided which keeps the wing-10 in a vertical position and prevents the wing from gradually inclining outwardly in the direction of the arrow B in Figure 3. The wing 10 is oset at 25, near to its vertical edges, to leave room fori the hinge strips 11 and 3 and 12, when the Wing 10 is folded in the direction of the arroW A in Figure 2 toI lie flat on the running board 1 and to serve as a tread plate.

5 A torsion spring 21 is disposed about the shaft .18, one end 22 of the spring bearing against Athe edge of the running board 1 and the other end 24 of the spring bearing against the iiange 20z of the Wing 10`below the shaft 10 18.2/ The tendencyof ythe spring'is'to swing l v the Wing 10 inlthedireetionof thefarrow A in Figure 2. i j 4 There are openings 26 in the Wing 10near i to its ends, straps 27 being loopedthrough v. 15 the openings 26 and 4being joined by a bucklef28. v i When the Wing 10'is Yina Vertical position, `asin Figure 2,1thef1a'1`1ge`20I of the Wing, and the abut-intentsv 8" form a positive stopz fortlie 20 AWing,Itheratchet.,teeth".Qfand 17 being inter- ;engagedQ-tohold fthe -Wing'releasablfyin a f Verticalposition Thestraps or securing de- -Yvice-s 27n'1ayl be coupled-by thebuckle 28 `lraroundffthe article 29-on the running/board.

i rLhe. operator can Amove the wing `10 and v fthegshaft 18A yendwiseto fdisengage'` the teeth vlfgand 9, andi ,tl'iewing` 101thfe'n can be'folded ,downen the minningboard'l to serve asa v k-treadplate, fThejsWingkflOcanbe swung in Y ,30I;theqfiliiectionl of the Y.arroWA in Figure 2 to servie asi arv clan1,p binding Vanarticle f in the s Langlevdeined bythe;bodyVV 2y andthe running boardlythefwing being heldin inclined, clam-ping :position bythe spring V21. The w spring 21, furthermore, prevents the Wingz10 i i fromrattling when :it is folded over on' the :running board -1 to serve as'atreadsplate. i 5.- If the-operatorwishes-anunusuallylong 1 filo thedevioes shown in Figure 1on thelrunning Y s boardfin tandem, unbuelle the straps 27 from f Y fthe Lposition,of Figure 1,-fextend them llaterally inthe; .direction of the arrows C of IFigure 1, and( couple them by thebuc-kles 28Yto the 45straps; gif-.corresponding devices, this being a matter of mere duplication, readily underf stood-Without anillustrative'drawing. I-ClairnpYV 'f f Y* Y. s 'In-a device; of theA class described, bearings op-attachable tothe running :board of a vehicle,

therbearings being slit transversely, and the :material freed bytheslitting being extended downwardly 1toiformfab`utments, a foldable Aaging, and ashaft mounted. in the bearings :5,5and-oarrying thefwing, the Wing comprising -1 :anincline'd portion Awhich engages the abut'- -ments to :hold theWingfin a substantially vertical position. A .A 1

" AVIntestimony that Ig claim the foregoing as 1150 'my-own, :Ifhave hereto-affixed my signature.

f WiLLIAM A.' BRYANT.

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